I confirm what has been stated above. I knew comrade Adoratsky (and know him well) from the period of reaction after 1905. Contrary to the rightward drift, he was already a Bolshevik at that time and has remained one. He came from Germany in 1919 in very poor health. A theorist and propagandist.

I would consider it absolutely just to extend his seniority to him and recognize him as a member of the RCP from 1904.

10. IV. 1922. V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

First published in 1959

in Lenin Miscellany XXXVI

Printed from the manuscript